No Baiting in MI
#11
Fork Horn
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: GR Michigan
Posts: 204
RE: No Baiting in MI
For all of you that are saying people will need to learn how to hunt for real now are probably the ones hunting the private land with ideal ratios and good deer numbers, how many of you have actually hunted public land in northern MI? when you're seeing 5 deer over a week span a little bait livens things up a little bit, i read a fact in one of my recent hunting magazine, it was either Bowhunter or Bowhunting and it stated that hunters that hunted over bait had lower success than those that didnt use bait, so dont go thinking that its like shooting fish in a barrel like so many people think, I can understand not needing bait in the south but up north is a whole different story.
#12
RE: No Baiting in MI
hey dude! I hunt nothen but state! and I also hunt in the northern area too! It's just to bad that some people that are hunting now have not been brought up from a squirt to a adult have never been taught the best dam sport in the world. It's just like rifle season I've seen guys in the field all tech. out under armor orange out! and when talking to you their rifle is pointing at you and not on safe.[:@]dang Walmart hunters! So anyway good opionion roby but don't jump the gun! Its just to bad our great state can't organize itself!
#13
RE: No Baiting in MI
it was either Bowhunter or Bowhunting and it stated that hunters that hunted over bait had lower success than those that didnt use bait, so dont go thinking that its like shooting fish in a barrel like so many people think, I can understand not needing bait in the south but up north is a whole different story.
#14
RE: No Baiting in MI
I am a little confused, according to the DNR website when you could bait :
"The volume of bait cannot exceed 2 gallons at any hunting site." from DNR Website.
Yet ya'll make it sound like people are backing dump trucks of beets and carrots up and ringing the dinner bell. If people were doing that and you could see it then you call the DNR and let them handle it. Or is this just a lot of speculation about baiting? Do you guys that are anti bait make mock scrapes? Put down doe in heat scent? Thats all bait!
It sure seems like a non item to get worried about as everyone proclaims how great they are at hunting. Heck a lot of the northern part of the state you all ready couldn't bait in so nothing new there.
Jake
"The volume of bait cannot exceed 2 gallons at any hunting site." from DNR Website.
Yet ya'll make it sound like people are backing dump trucks of beets and carrots up and ringing the dinner bell. If people were doing that and you could see it then you call the DNR and let them handle it. Or is this just a lot of speculation about baiting? Do you guys that are anti bait make mock scrapes? Put down doe in heat scent? Thats all bait!
It sure seems like a non item to get worried about as everyone proclaims how great they are at hunting. Heck a lot of the northern part of the state you all ready couldn't bait in so nothing new there.
Jake
#16
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location:
Posts: 60
RE: No Baiting in MI
I can't say I have never baited , I can say I have never baited in excess , no "truckloads" here . I did buy a little auto feeder deal made from a 5 gallon bucket last year took about a week to empty it cycling on at dawn and at dusk , the turkeys, birds, and squirels loved it . lol never saw any deer around it .I do kinda almost feel sorry for the guys who use truckloads of bait to hunt though. NOT. I must admit I am pretty lucky where I hunt it is all private , it has water , and a few apple trees although the apple crop sucks .
#17
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Ohio,mid
Posts: 1,275
RE: No Baiting in MI
I fee sorry fpor the fsarmers who ,make a living from this 'bait for sale'. It is amjor cash crop for them and (I couldn't find the number) it will have an impact on the economy already being devastated by the car companies. DNR has struck a major blow to the state, not just hunters!
#19
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: houghton lake, mi.
Posts: 47
RE: No Baiting in MI
i live and hunt in one of the heaviest hunted areas of northern mi. mainly on state land.you can still get deer without bait every year. you will have to learn topractice estimating different yardages for shooting. and change some of your tactics. i see and consistently get deer every year without bait.
#20
RE: No Baiting in MI
Ranger You hit the nail on the head generations of guys that know nothing of how to truely hunt!!!Lets just dump some bait and sit!!!Walt
ORIGINAL: ranger6
hey dude! I hunt nothen but state! and I also hunt in the northern area too! It's just to bad that some people that are hunting now have not been brought up from a squirt to a adult have never been taught the best dam sport in the world. It's just like rifle season I've seen guys in the field all tech. out under armor orange out! and when talking to you their rifle is pointing at you and not on safe.[:@]dang Walmart hunters! So anyway good opionion roby but don't jump the gun! Its just to bad our great state can't organize itself!
hey dude! I hunt nothen but state! and I also hunt in the northern area too! It's just to bad that some people that are hunting now have not been brought up from a squirt to a adult have never been taught the best dam sport in the world. It's just like rifle season I've seen guys in the field all tech. out under armor orange out! and when talking to you their rifle is pointing at you and not on safe.[:@]dang Walmart hunters! So anyway good opionion roby but don't jump the gun! Its just to bad our great state can't organize itself!